Pope's Visit To Israel Fulfillment Of Bible Prophecies?

Pope Benedict is set to visit Jerusalem and the Holy Land May 8-15. Is this a fulfillment of Bible prophecies?



First, let it be known that I am still a Protestant. Robert Schuller, freemason, says he doesn't want to be called a Protestant any more because he isn't protesting anything. Pretty much all the "Masonic Christians," if there is such a thing, will take that position because at a certain level of Masonry you take an oath to do everything the pope tells you to do.



The "deadly wound" of schism between Protestants and Catholics has been healed with the modern ecumenical movement, and now Billy Graham, Pat Robertson, Paul and Jan Crouch, Jack Van Impe, and virtually all the "Protestants" really aren't Protestants any more because they aren't protesting the Roman Catholic Church.



So why am I still a Protestant? My ancestors were French Huguenots who had their lands stolen by the Roman Catholics. They just escaped with their lives the Catholic uprising in France. I don't think we should forget the countless Protestant martyrs who have died at the hands of Roman Catholic murderers in France, Ireland and many areas of the world over hundreds of years. Read the Foxe's Book of Martyrs as I have for details.



The early Protestant leaders, Luther, Calvin, etc., all considered whatever pope was in power to be the Antichrist, so there weren't just minor differences in theology causing the Protestant Reformation. The popes call themselves the "Holy Father" for example, and that is a blasphemous title that should be reserved only for God. Jesus Christ said only He should be called Father.



Any ways, the Bible says that when the Antichrist stands in the holy place, "where it ought not," all hell will soon break loose. I think that prophecy could soon be fulfilled when the evil Antichrist "Pope" Benedict will soon be standing in the holy places of Bethlehem, Nazareth, and Jerusalem.